Juniors & families: colleges on your list

[Anonymous]

Did you visit or you don't plan to?

These are the ones kid says *everyone* plans to apply to next Fall.
Michigan
UVA
UNC
NYU
Northeastern
Univ of Pitt
Penn State

[Anonymous]

None of those are on DC list.

[Anonymous]

None of those are on our list either (awesomely average kid that doesn't like doing what everyone else is doing anyways)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did you visit or you don't plan to?

These are the ones kid says *everyone* plans to apply to next Fall.
Michigan
UVA
UNC
NYU
Northeastern
Univ of Pitt
Penn State

These six schools get, literally, over a million applications.

Meanwhile, prestigious Williams and Bowdoin get less than 15,000 each.

I think the students have spoken. They prefer big schools, probably because they feel they're more like to find their people in a bigger environment. Though I think an OOS app to UNC is generally a wasted app. Plus, engineering and business being the significant majors today - and all these six schools are good in one or the other, with Michigan being very good in both.

[Anonymous]

UC San Diego, Binky University of Crayons and Glue

[Anonymous]

MIT
Georgia Tech
Berkely
Cal Tech
Michigan
CMU

[Anonymous]

Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, UVA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did you visit or you don't plan to?

These are the ones kid says *everyone* plans to apply to next Fall.
Michigan
UVA
UNC
NYU
Northeastern
Univ of Pitt
Penn State

These six schools get, literally, over a million applications.

Meanwhile, prestigious Williams and Bowdoin get less than 15,000 each.

I think the students have spoken. They prefer big schools, probably because they feel they're more like to find their people in a bigger environment. Though I think an OOS app to UNC is generally a wasted app. Plus, engineering and business being the significant majors today - and all these six schools are good in one or the other, with Michigan being very good in both.

so you're saying the admissions rate for MI is lower than Bowdoin?

[Anonymous]

After visiting a few “types” of schools to figure out preferences, DC is targeting SLACs.

W&M (target) and Mary Wash (safety, but also tied for top choice rn) as in-state schools we can afford, and SMCM as OOS public we can afford. U Richmond, F&M, Dickinson as privates that would need merit. A few other PA private school we still need to visit and make decisions about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did you visit or you don't plan to?

These are the ones kid says *everyone* plans to apply to next Fall.
Michigan
UVA
UNC
NYU
Northeastern
Univ of Pitt
Penn State

My kids not looking at any of these schools

[Anonymous]

Well I have one at an Ivy and and one at UVA and I think my third (a junior) is going to ED Bowdoin. He wants a SLAC and loved it when we visited.

[Anonymous]

I wish my kid would find a school they genuinely loved. They are so set on attending a T10. And don't get me wrong, they have the stats, but they are always wanting more/better and refuse to look at anything less than a T15. It's hard and makes me worry about them. I hate this process.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did you visit or you don't plan to?

These are the ones kid says *everyone* plans to apply to next Fall.
Michigan
UVA
UNC
NYU
Northeastern
Univ of Pitt
Penn State

These six schools get, literally, over a million applications.

Meanwhile, prestigious Williams and Bowdoin get less than 15,000 each.

I think the students have spoken. They prefer big schools, probably because they feel they're more like to find their people in a bigger environment. Though I think an OOS app to UNC is generally a wasted app. Plus, engineering and business being the significant majors today - and all these six schools are good in one or the other, with Michigan being very good in both.

Prestigious Williams and Bowdoin get FEWER than 15,000 each because no one thinks they will get in. And if you do, it’s a long cold winter with not much to do besides study.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did you visit or you don't plan to?

These are the ones kid says *everyone* plans to apply to next Fall.
Michigan
UVA
UNC
NYU
Northeastern
Univ of Pitt
Penn State

My kids not looking at any of these schools

Then they are foolish because four of the six are public and a good value

[Anonymous]

My junior hasn't even thought about colleges yet. Too busy living his best high school life.